Syllabus
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Course Code: PSY101(C) Course Name: Systems and Theories |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Psychology as Science, current status. Nature and characteristics of systems, theories. Schools: Associationism- British empiricism, S-R relationship, tenets. Structuralism- Contribution of Wundt and Titchener, methodology, tenets. | |
| 2 | Functionalism- Antecedents, pioneers, tenets. Behaviorism: Antecedents and foundation, methodology, tenets. Gestalt Psychology: Antecedents and foundation, empirical work, tenets. |
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| 3 | Psychoanalysis: Antecedents and foundation, basic concepts, tenets. Individual Psychology: Basic concepts and contribution. Analytic Psychology: Basic concepts and Contribution. |
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| 4 | Field theory: Lewin’s life space- basic concepts and contribution; Tolman’s purposive behaviorism- basic concepts and contribution. S-R Theory: Hullian system and contribution; Skinnerian positivism; Guthrian associationism. |
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